3 Simple Ways To Check And Evaluate Your Backlinks

Since Google did its game-changing Penguin Update last month, it seems like everyone is talking about links and backlinks. Now, more than ever, it’s very crucial that you have the right linking structure in place – both with internal links on your site and with external links pointing back to your site.

The key word here is “natural” – no pun intended.

All your links must appear natural to Google if you want to rank for your targeted keywords. Any links which suggest you’re trying to “game” or “manipulate” the system will send up red flags and may get you penalized by Google.

SEO experts are already pointing out some obvious linking mistakes like using the same keyword phrase in all your links, getting site-wide links from one source, using spammy blog networks and blogroll links, over-optimizing your site with keywords, linking to bad neighborhoods… and the list goes on.

Links have become very important to the success of your online site or business – so you must have a simple way of finding suitable link partners or backlinks. Obviously, you want backlinks which will help your site’s rankings, not harm them.

You need a simple way to check or evaluate any potential backlinks or even the current links you have flowing back to your site. Yahoo’s old Site Explorer can still be used (if you have a Bing Webmaster Tools account) but this service is now somewhat limited. We all need an alternative to the old Site Explorer…

So here are 3 simple ways to check your backlinks:

1. PageRank – I know everyone says Google PageRank is dead and not very important anymore. But if you ask anyone who has a site, if they would turn down a direct link from the homepage of a PR7 or PR8 site and you will probably discover that PageRank is alive and well.

PageRank is the ranking score (0-10) of how important Google believes any site or page is on the web. Get a link (dofollow or even nofollow) from an important site and a small amount of PR flows to your site depending on how many links are on that page.

While PageRank is not that important anymore for getting your keywords ranked, it can still give you a simple way of judging the importance of a site or page. It is still something you can use to evaluate your linking partners.

2. MozRank – This is another way to discover how important a domain or page is on the web. This ranking system is run by by SeoMoz.com. You can access this method by using the OpenSiteExplorer site, and it will give you a Page Authority and Domain Authority number for that site or page.

It will also give you other vital information about a page or site with a detailed link analysis, however full access to this ranking system is very limited unless you get the paid option. But still worth trying for a very simple assessment of any page or site.

3. Citation & Trust Flow – This evaluation system is run by MajesticSeo.com and gives you valuable information about a site or your backlinks. This site has created two new “flow metrics” which tell you the number of links pointing to a site, but more importantly it gives the amount of trust flowing through that site.

These days, it’s all about getting a vote of trust from a related high ranking site, to increase your rankings. These two metrics will help you find good linking partners. What I really like, they put all this information in a graph – so you can quickly see how important a site is on the web.

Backlink Tool: Penguin-Friendly Link Building Tips

Statistics show that the Google Penguin update hit more than 64 percent of websites. If all of your traffic comes from Google, then you are setting yourself up for failure. Search engine optimization and link building strategies have changed completely after the arrival of Google Panda and Google Penguin. Sites with low quality backlinks or identical anchor text have been penalized. If you want boost your rankings and succeed in online marketing after Google Penguin, then your link building campaign should look natural in the eyes of Google.

First of all, you should focus on offering useful content on your website. Nothing can beat high quality content. If you provide fresh information, other sites will link to you. Just understanding that Google is built on users may help you get your site back up to where you want it to be. You simply can’t get away with links from over-promotional sites, irrelevant sites, or web pages that have poor quality content. Great content earns links over time and generates long term results.

Focus on quality links over quantity. Even if you are using a backlink tool, choose one that generates quality backlinks. Stop building anchor text for more than 10 percent of your links. Another element that Google has penalized is over-optimization. For example, if you are targeting the keyword “cheap holidays in Greece” and you are asking all of your readers and customers to link to your sites using that exact keyword, search engines will think it’s highly suspicious. Try to diversify your anchor text.

If you are writing guest posts for link building, focus on quality. One high quality link from a reputable blog is better than 100 links from low quality sites. Search engines will penalize your website if it has a large amount of links from untrusty sites. You should also diversify traffic sources to hedge against fluctuations. Guest posting is all about creating long term relationships for years to come. Make sure your site or blog is compelling enough to pull natural backlinks.

Get links from websites that are relevant to your niche. Make your content link worthy. Get more social and stay active on social networking sites. This way you will obtain natural links that are relevant to your site. Work hard creating amazing content and building relationships with your audience. Don’t forcefully repeat keywords. Use unconventional link building techniques and check the authority of websites linking to your content.

Find Out How Successful People Think So You May Be Successful Too

Do you think successful people are just plain lucky?

Successful people did not become successful because they were lucky.

They did not achieve success by accident. Being at the right place at the right time, meeting relevant people, reading the appropriate book, did not come about accidentally or by luck.

Luck is brought about by Labour Under Correct Knowledge.

Successful people prepared themselves. Instead of giving up on anything they started and wanted to achieve they got stronger by learning more.

Success is a methodical, orderly and deliberate process of deciding what you want to do with your life, what are the steps that you need to undertake to get you there, and lastly what you will do once you get there.

One of the most important aspects, if not the most important aspect to success, is the ability to visualise your successful outcome and stay focused on it until you achieve it.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge, knowledge is limited.” – Albert Einstein

Successful people understood the potential power behind knowledge, yet they also understood that, for them to close the gap between where they are and where they wanted to be, they would have to piece together the enigma that is most often referred to as “life”.

They had to build a picture, a vision, of success in their mind, and then go about taking action on creating that envisioned life.

In much the same way, you have to be serious about your present and future, you need to have the knowledge that is required so you, too, may close the gap: you need to be and remain determined to devote yourself to taking massive action to build your business of succeeding in life.

You, too, will need to see the end, your dream and destiny that you desire in your mind’s eye. It is up to you to take the necessary and relevant action to make it all happen. It’s just like going to the doctor with a particular health problem.

The doctor may prescribe a medication for you to take four times a day, yet he cannot be there with you to ensure that you are taking the medication.

It comes back to deciding to be responsible for your life.

Have you noticed how it all stems from that one attitude? Being responsible for your own life.

Your success, your being responsible 100% for you to live your dream life starts here.

When you accept 100% responsibility for yourself and your current life situation, you will have the power to move towards those things you truly desire in life: which is success in all areas of your life.

This life-changing article is about possibilities and opportunities, knowledge and tools. It will help expose your unique course in life.

It will inspire, support and motivate you to excel, to do what successful people do, to have all that successful people have, and to become a shining example of a successful person.

Here, you’re not being told what you couldn’t do, instead you are being told to shoot for the stars. And above all, you are being shown how to shoot for those stars.

“A person is what he thinks about all day long.” – Emerson

Interesting thought, wouldn’t you think? So much so, it’s worth repeating: “A person is what he thinks about all day long.”

Success and happiness cannot happen if you possess the same old thoughts and beliefs.

If you do not change your mind, if you do not get rid of the unsupportive thoughts and beliefs, you will inevitably remain stuck in your old ways. Not much, if anything, will change.

Let’s give you a quick overview on how change comes about:

Your BEHAVIOUR, how you act (or perhaps do not act), controls your success or failure. Your ability to attain high levels of success is dependent upon your actions and behaviours. Your results are the outcome of your behaviour. Now let’s consider where your behaviours come from and what controls them?

Your FEELINGS command your behaviour. Every action that you take is first filtered through your feelings that reside in your subconscious mind. How you feel about something determines what you do and how well you do it. So where do your feelings come from?

Your ATTITUDES create and influence your feelings. Your attitude is your perspective from which you view life. Whatever attitude you have about anything will affect how you feel, which, in turn, affects how you act. Where do your attitudes come from?

Your BELIEFS create, control and influence your attitudes. What you believe about anything will determine your attitude about it, which will create your feelings, and then which will direct your behaviour and action. Belief patterns are so powerful that two people who are in the same situation could perceive things completely differently. It only requires us to believe what we see and how we see it. We all have thousands of beliefs – big and small. And where do your beliefs come from?

Your THOUGHTS create, control and influence your beliefs. Your thoughts are real and are immensely powerful. Everything you accept from the outside world and everything you feed yourself from within is a product of your thoughts. Everything starts as a thought.

So, it goes without saying you need to learn to control your thoughts. And when you do, you will automatically control your beliefs, your attitudes, your feelings and, consequently, your behaviour and actions.

The big secret to success:

Learn to control your thoughts and you will influence your behaviours and actions. It’s all a mind-set. That’s what we’ve been saying all along.

Success is predictable and is not achieved by accident.

Have the mind-set of the successful people and you will achieve success. Believe and it is yours!

“There is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.” – Joel Osteen

Science of success experts have concluded that the brain is a goal-setting organism.

That is fantastic news for us: for whatever goal we give to our subconscious mind, it will work for us day and night, 24/7, to achieve it for us; to make it a reality.

The principal breakthrough that scientists made was that we do not need to waste our precious time and effort trying to change old thoughts and behaviours: we just simply create new ones.

And the other discovery they made was that we can continue to create new thoughts, new memories, new behaviours, new skills, and learn new things for as long as we are alive on this earth.

Now, with the new discoveries in recent years, it has been scientifically proven that our capacity to achieve and succeed literally has no limits.

Our brain has the capacity to continually learn during our entire lifetime.

Our brain can form new thoughts, can have new memories, and can learn new things by the millions, no matter what your age is. By the millions.

That’s how many new things we can learn, that’s how many new skills we can learn, that’s how many new thoughts we can have, that’s how many new behaviours we can adopt.

This is encouraging because there is no limit on your capacity to achieve new things.

No limits whatsoever for the human brain to learn, memorise, develop, achieve and perform at higher levels than ever imagined. It makes no difference what your age is: you are capable of learning anything new that you want to learn.

That adds to what we spoke of earlier: no more excuses.

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

Your brain has the capacity to achieve way beyond what was ever thought possible. So now is the time to break out of your limited thinking and start dreaming big and imagining unlimited possibilities.

Becoming successful is not impossible.

It is a choice you make through a decision. Every day, step-by-step, you may climb the mountain of success if you’ve decided to do so, if you’re committed to accomplish what the others think impossible.

Design your future now.

Prepare to receive what you desire.

Thanks to the phenomenal advances made in cognitive science and the development of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), personal change, personal transformation, has come a very long way.

In fact, personal growth is no longer a mystery.

NLP has brought to light that change, transformation and growth can be fast, reliable, and even fun. It has shown us that we do not need to spend thousands of hours slaving away to increase our creative-thinking abilities.

By practicing a few simple exercises and applications, you can start your creative juices flowing, and you may even amaze yourself at the quality and quantity of good ideas that you can come up with to expedite your success.

It can allow you to achieve something you seek within days and months as opposed to years and decades. That’s the power of the progress science has made on how the brain works, and also how you can have your mind to be your best ally in achieving anything you want.

Learn to live as you like by no longer living as you dislike.

Are you ready to get on the road to success and fulfilment?

Bear in mind, much like everything else in life, success requires practice and massive, consistent action.

“Success doesn’t mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle.” – Edwin C Bliss

Hani Al-Qasem has been a self-improvement educator for more than 18 years.

You can download your copy of “Wealth Attraction: How To Reprogram Your Mind For More Money” FREE eBook where you can begin the automatic reprogramming of your brain for wealth, success, and abundance, in just six easy steps.

Live Your Life To Please God

Open your Bible to 1 Thessalonians 4:1 it says… Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. Go ahead and highlight that scripture.

Will you trust God to teach you in the way you should go? You need wisdom to live for His righteousness, His love and devotion to Christ Jesus. You see, you have to develop the habit of listening to God. He may give you direction you have never had before. Like what? God wants you under the influence of His Word. God wants you to live by godly principles in His Word.

God wants you to give Jesus first place! This is vital for your Christian walk! Jesus is your connection to the throne of God. You see, in this world, it is very easy to become distracted from God. Many people follow some other path apart from God’s will. But the foundation of all spiritual truth is obedience to God through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Bible tells you to praise the Lord! He is truly worthy of worship. Love no one not even yourself – more than you love God. Every morning you should be asking God to fill you with His presence. You want to be filled by the Spirit so that you’re led by Him. You love the Word, study the Word and learn the Word. Why? To live your life to please God. His Word is true wisdom for you to walk in His instructions.

If you want to live your life to please God give His Word a place of first priority! Scriptures will come alive on the inside of you. You’re knowing God for yourself and the importance of being led by the Spirit of God. Many people won’t like the new you, but you’re not living to please people, you’re living to please God.

You don’t need people approval when you have God’s approval! You want the praise of God more than the praise of people. Quit worrying about what everyone thinks and do what God has put in your heart.

God will put a new testimony in your mouth! You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you. God is continually shaping and molding into the person He wants you to be. Stop focusing on what you can’t do, and start focusing on what God can do.

Serve God and worship Him and continue to seek His will. How? You have to establish a passionate relationship with God’s Word. Believe His Word, trust His Word, study His Word, thank Him for His Word. But always remember the devil will do everything he possibly can to lure you away from God. The devil does not want you to grow in the knowledge of King Jesus.

Many people never seriously read the Bible! But you need to be a student of God’s Word and doer of God’s ways. Be a Christian that reads scripture and prays. The Holy Spirit won’t adjust to you, you must adjust to Him! Use your voice to worship Him and lift up the name of Jesus! Now, raise your hands and say, “I live to please God, more and more!”

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